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K..RYAN. FILLING ATTACHMENT FOR HOT WATER BAGS.

No. 364 ,604.- Patented June '7, 1887..

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KATE RYAN, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

FILLING ATTACH MENT FOR HOT-WATER BAGS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 364,604, dated June 7, 1887.

' Application filed March 2, 1887. Serial No. 229,486. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

in the countyof Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Filling Attachment for Hot-WVater Bags, of which the following is a full,clear,and exact description.

My invention consists of a device provided with a funnel and adapted to beapplied t the common rubber hot-water bags for convenience in filling the bag.

The invention also consists of the special construction of the device, all as hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a broken view of a part of a common hot-water bag having my invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is aside View of the filling device removed from the bag and the funnel elevated, and Fig. 3 is a detailed plan view of the clasp portion of the filling device.

The body A of the bag may be oftheusual or of any approved construction and may be of any appropriate size. In the neck of the bag is fitted the metal ring B, which is screw-threaded upon its inner surface to receive a plug in the usual manner, and is concaved upon its cir-. cumference, as shown at b. The material of the bag is contracted into the concaved portion of the ring B, so that it is held with sufficient security, and a suitable'grasp furnished for the filling attachment 0. This consists of the arm a, funnel (1, arm f, attached to the funnel and hinged to the arm a by the hinge a, and the handle attached permanently to the arm f and adapted to be fastened to the arm a by a screw, 0, or by other suitable means. The

arm a is formed at its lower end with the curved section a", to match the curve of the ringB in the neck of the bag, and to one end of this see:

I tion is hinged the curved clasp -section h, Be it known that I, KATE RYAN, of Brooklyn,

adapted to encircle the ring B, as shown in Fig. 1, and to be locked to the section a by hook 2' and pin i, or by other suitable means, so that the filling attachment may'be easily, quickly, and firmly secured to the bag.

In use the funnel d is turned back out of the way, as shown in Fig. 2, while the device is being clasped to the bag. The funnel is then lowered, which will thrust the spout into the neck of the bag. Then the handle 9 is made fast to the arm a by the screw 0, so that the filling device, and also the bag, can be easily held and handled in any manner desired by the handle 9. The bag may then be filled with hot water through the funnel without danger of scalding the hands, which is a serious difficulty experienced by all who use hotwater bags of the common form.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. In a device for filling hot-water bags, the arm at, having a clasp at its lower end,incombination with an arm, f, attached to the arm a and reaching over the clasp for holding a funnel, substantially as described.

2. The arm a, having a clasp at its lower end and standing at an angle thereto, projecting upward and outward from the clasp, in combination with the arm f, funnel d,and handle g, substantially as described.

3. The clasping-arm a, hinged arm f, having attached'to it the funnel d and handle 9, the said arm a being provided with a fastening device for the handle 9, substantially as described.

KATE RYAN.

Witnesses:

H. A. Wnsr, E. M. CLARK. 

